Cobb & Gregory v. Parker
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Ninth Supreme Judicial District. Mandamus by Cobb & Gregory against W. S. Parker, County Judge, and others. Judgment for defendants affirmed by Court of Civil Appeals (216 S. W. 214), and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, P. J.
Plaintiffs in error, J. A. Gregory and O. E. Cobb, as partners, on or about December 13, A. D. 1915, entered into a contract with Hardin county, acting by and through its duly authorized officials, to build a road in Hardin county, all material, tools, and labor to be furnished by plaintiffs in error.
The agreed consideration of $79,500 was to be paid in county’s time warrants numbered from 1 to 159, inclusive, for the sum of $500 each. Payments based upon the estimate of the engineers as to the work done were to be made monthly, and for every $500 worth of work done a warrant for that amount…
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